The Black Death Revision

Question 1

True or false. Only peasants would get the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

This picture represents what?

Accepted Answer

Plague Doctor

Question 3

The plague is thought to have originated in Asia

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

What were some preventative measures taken that people believed would stop the plague?

Accepted Answer

Ringing of church bells, Killing cats and dogs

Question 5

Public hygiene was... during the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Non-Existant

Question 6

What animals carried that bacteria that caused the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

Rats and Fleas

Question 7

What is the name of the main trading route through which the plague was spread?

Accepted Answer

The Silk Road

Question 8

Flagellants were?

Accepted Answer

People who punished themselves to repent their sins

Question 9

The life expectancy of someone who has contracted the Black Death was?

Accepted Answer

3-5 days

Question 10

How did the Black Death spread from continent to continent?

Accepted Answer

Through traders going from port to port, city to city.

Question 11

Some of the symptoms of the Black Death were?

Accepted Answer

Vomiting, coughing up blood and buboes.

Question 12

Yersinia Pestis is?

Accepted Answer

The bacteria that causes the plague

Question 13

What religious group was persecuted for "causing" the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

Jews

Question 14

Buboes are?

Accepted Answer

Swollen/inflamed lymph that would turn a blue/black colour

Question 15

Which of these was not a treatment for the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

Burning the buboes off the skin with an iron rod

Question 16

How did religious beliefs impact people's reactions to the plague?

Accepted Answer

People thought that the Black Death was caused by witchcraft, The Black Death was seen as a punishment from God

Question 17

What did the church tell people the cause of the Black Death was?

Accepted Answer

God punishing them for their sins

Questions 17